Görres Surname
Approximately 1,740 people bear this surname
Görres Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,711 | 1:47,052 | 6,164 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Gorres (2,358) are calculated separately.
Görres Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Görres Come From? nationality or country of origin
Görres is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Gorres. For other possible spellings of Görres click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Görres? popularity and diffusion
Görres is the 232,104th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,188,245 people. The last name Görres occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Görres are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Görres is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 1,711 people, or 1 in 47,052. In Germany Görres is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 62 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 23 percent live and Bavaria, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 1 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Görres
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